We were stood at Hanna's locker at school a couple of weeks after the whole Storm thing. I was texting Jason, when Hanna's voice brought me back to the present.

"okay, I need to ask you guys something and I need you to be completely honest with me." We agreed

"is this side of my faces fatter than that side." we looked, my eyes narrowed examining both sides of the face.

"No." we agreed and she sighed.

"Is that Ian?" Aria asked and we looked over to where she was. Low and behold Ian was greeting other students in a smug and arrogant way.

"Yeah. I hear he's the new field hockey coach." Spencer informed us.

"Does Melissa, know he's back?" Emily wondered

"I don't know why she broke up with him." Hanna commented and I rolled my eyes she was oogling him.

"She didn't. He broke up with her." Spencer replied. Mona strutted up to us.

"Hey. The first one is for my bestie and these ones are for my bestie other friends." she handed us all a card tied in yellow ribbon

"Thanks, but what are these?" I wonder

"Oh nothing much. Only an invitation to the most awesome birthday party ever, Camp Mona." I was shocked, I would never but camping and Mona in the same sentence."

"Camp Mona." Aria and I said at the same time.

"Don't let the title fool you it's Glamping not camping and the M is for Mona and massages, not mosquitoes. Oh Namoi, Riley, wait up." she left us hanging and slightly confused and shocked.

"why is Mona inviting us to her birthday party?" Spencer questioned confused and glancing down at the invite.

"She knows that we're friends again and she's just trying to reach out to you." Hanna replied

"Well I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, I feel tense with all this A stuff so if Mona is offering I'm taking her up on it. Heck I might even buy her a decent present." I stated, Hanna beamed at me.

"What about the rest of you?" she asked the others

"I've got a lot of stuff to do this weekend." Aria lied, Emily and Spencer nodded

"Us too."

"Party poopers." are phones started dinging with a text, ah man, not again.

-Camp Mona's a scavenger hunt and I'm the prize. Come and find me bitches A -

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I was picking up the laundry before school, when Dad came out of his room.

"Oh, I was actually going to do that tonight." he told me, thankfully not crossing into dangerous waters, yet.

"Sure you were. Mike, Aria bring you're laundry out! Mike you have five minutes before we leave!" I called

"Kay!" he answered

"I've got it here." I went into my room and grabbed my laundry.

"Well I think we should all pitch in a little more around here. We could each choose a night to cook and then do the laundry and then pay the bills and her your brother with his homework. Then find time to grade papers, write lectures and go to PTA meetings..."

"You act like I care about what your saying." I stop him with a hand on my hip and a pointed look.

"Erica." he sighed

"What..."

"Ric." I looked past my dad and to my brother who had his laundry.

"Here." I pointed to the basket he came and dropped it in

"Have you seen my homework?" he asked me

"Downstairs on the dining table, along with everything for hockey and a few protein bars and a apple for the car ride seen as you don't have time for breakfast." he grinned and kissed my cheek.

"You're the best sis." he left my room.

"I've already set up a schedule for the three of us. I'm cooking tonight and Aria is helping Mike should he need it. I will do the laundry when I get back in."

"When did you grow up." I didn't answer him. "Are you and Aria still having such with your Mom tomorrow?" I nodded

"At the grill?"

"Yep." I answered clearly he wasn't getting the hint so I walked out.

"What do you think she would say if I came along?"

"Don't know, don't care, cause you ain't." I jogged downstairs and putt the basket in the laundry room.

"Aria, Mikey let's go!" I grabbed my stuff. and headed for the door, Mike was right behind me and got in the back where as I got in the drivers seat. Aria was talking with Dad at the front door. I pushed down on the horn and they looked at me. Aria come down and got in. I started up the car and drove away.

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At school I was getting ready for the day when Spencer, Emily and Hanna came over.

"Did you hear?" Spencer asked me

"I've heard a lot of things Spence be more specific?" I told her as I took books out of my locker and put them in my bag.

"The cops are here." I raised and eyebrow.

"What? Why?" I asked

"I don't know maybe they found something." Emily sighed adjusting her bag.

"But what could they have found?" Hanna wondered brushing back a lock of her hair. I closed my locker now having what i need.

"I don't know." I shrugged as Aria came over to us all confused.

"Hey what's going on?"

"The cops are here." I told her adjusting the bookish my bag and not glancing up at her.

"I heard they found something of Alison's." Spencer added

"Spencer Hastings, Erica and Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields and Hanna Marin, please come to the office." came over the intercom and I sighed, did they really have to cut into school time, I wasn't school's biggest fan but come on.

"Deep joy." i huffed sarcastically. We all went to the office and sat down as we waited. Just then two people who weren't Wilden came in.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Agent Cooper." she handed a Card to Spencer.

"FBI?" she stated incredulously

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"This is my partner Agent Randall. We're here because the Beauru was asked by local authorities to assist in the investigation of Alison Dilaurentis' murder. I want to show you something that was sent to the Rosewood police department by an anonymous source. Family has given me permission to show it to the five of you." she played a tape and up came Alison 

'Wanna see more? I know you want to?" she showed off she shoulders, this was taken the night she dies, she's wearing the same outfit, except that cardigan, that looked familiar but not something Ali wore.

'If the girls knew I was seeing you. oh my god they would not stop talking about it. I wish they were more mature.' she smiled 'we don't have a lot of time. I have to get back before they wake up. I know you wanna kiss me.' Agent Cooper paused the tape.

"Is there anything about the tape that you can tell me?" Agent Cooper questioned rewinding the tape a little.

"They're at the kissing rock. It's in the woods behind the lake." Emily stated as we were more forthcoming with her.

"And I think this was taken the night she disappeared, she had the same top on." Aria added

"But that's not her sweater." Hanna continued

"Are you sure?" Copper asked

"Ask what's in each of our closets and I'll give you an Itemised list. I know clothes." Hanna replied

"That's true besides Ali was more chic and expensive not warm and cozy. She did not have that when she came to the barn that night." I explained

"I think she's talking to the older boy." Spencer theorised and I agreed

"So called 'mystery boyfriend'?" she played the tape once more as it repeated itself in the background while we were talking.

"Alison didn't want us to know who it was." Spencer went on.

"Was it an older high school boy?" Agent Cooper wondered pausing the tape again, to be she gave off a better vibe than Wilden did. Not that she would get our deepest darkest secrets but she was cool enough not to get an attitude.

"She only told us enough to make it a secret." I voiced "Alison, liked her secrets." I think Agent Cooper already knew the answer tot that.

"She said that secrets kept us close." Emily relayed what Ali told us.

"They do, but secrets are made to be found out with time." she told us.

"Not if you were Ali, you either had to be very lucky or very dumb to know her secrets. Its the way she liked it. You could say she never practiced what she preached." I commented tapping my fingers on my leg.

"What makes you say that?" Agent Cooper's head tilted in curiosity.

"It feels like ever since she died, everything I thought about Ali has been turned on it's head." she hummed and whispered something to her college.

"Erica, I would like to ask you a few more questions, with your parent here of course. The rest of you can go." They looked at me and nodded. 10 minutes later Mom came in. Agent Cooper spoke with her and then turned to me.

"Tell me more about Ali." Agent Copper requested taking as eat across from Mom and I

"Like what?" I wondered

"What was she was like as a friend. Let's start there." I sighed and nodded then thought about it for a moment.

"Okay, well I depended on the day and what type of mood she was in. She could be a nice, loyal friend who was there for you during something rough." I began to explain

"Like what?" I looked at my mom and she nodded

"One time Ali, Aria and I had gotten frozen yogurt, we were walking home when we strayed off into a different path you know the one that cuts between houses." Cooper nodded

"We saw my Dad's car and in it was my dad and another woman. He was cheating on my mom. I was pissed, devastated, hurt just all of these things like my sister was and she comforted me. Yet a week later, while we were still reeling and not wanting to do that much she became unsympathetic and bitchy like us not doing something with her was a Capitol punishment offence or something. Then the week after that she was offering to help us again like the previous week didn't happen."

"So she blew hot and cold?" Cooper clarified

"Yeah, It annoyed me. The others let it side, but I didn't I called her out on it, she actually said that she thought it was adorable how I had the balls, but again the next week or day I was as if I ruined her life." I reiterated

"Right."

"Agent Cooper?" I asked

"Yes?"

"Ali was a hard pill to swallow and she seriously got on my nerves at the best of times, you can ask anyone that, but she was one of my best friends and someone killed her, you will try your best to find out who right?" she sat back and didn't answer for a moment.

"I'll try. What can you tell me abut Toby Cavanaugh?"

"He's one of my best friends." I smile a little proud of the fact. Despite what happened at Homecoming.

"According to my knowledge you two had a fight at homecoming, he assaulted you." I sat forward upset that it was being perceived this way.

"It was an accident, he wanted to talk to me. But it started getting weird, I over reacted and we fought. He brought me to the hospital though." I stressed and se held her hands up.

"Then ran."

"He's misunderstood, people portray his as a freak and a bad guy but, that couldn't be farther from the truth." I sat back and sloughed in my chair. I hated how he was portrayed especially by Alison. I still felt guilt that I had been duped into breaking off my friendship with him so I could have one with her.

"Then where is he? Why hasn't he turned himself in?" Cooper questioned

"I don't know but I know he's scared, he was scared that night, if I didn't think the worst." I sighed looking down. I felt tears rise and fall down my cheek, the longer Toby was out there the more I was scared for him.

"I think that's it for today." Mom told them, I heard the door open and close.

"Mom, I'm scared. Toby keeps getting painted as this bad guy and he's not I swear." I cried, she brought me into a hug.

"Oh, Honey." She whispered into my ear as she tried to calm me down.

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I bumped into Spencer and Emily a while later, while walking the halls after class. Mom had finally calmed me down and offered to take me home but I wanted to stay here, anywhere really than rather go home.

"Hey are you okay?" Spencer asked.

"No, Toby is still as suspect." I huffed

"Well maybe he should be." Spencer replied I glared at her. We started walking

"What else did Cooper ask?" Emily wondered as I folded my arms in a really bad mood.

"She asked how Ali was as a friend, I told her the truth, she blew hot and cold. Despite that she was still one of my best friends. Then she asked if I knew where Toby was, which I don't. But he's running scared you all think he's some villain." We stopped upon seeing Hanna who looked upset as well."

"What's going on?" I wondered taking the questions off me.

"A sent Mona a text and I think she broke up with me." she told us.

"A sent Mona a text?" Spencer asked shocked and Hanna looked back to her best friend.

"I'm so over that bitch." she muttered. I glanced back at Mona who was with Naomi and Riley, gossiping most likely about Hanna since that is where their game firmly was.

"I thought you guys were close?" Emily replied thinking she was talking abut Mona.

"Not Mona. A." Hanna clarified turning back to us and the conversation.

"Well what did it say?" I inquired

"It doesn't really matter, it's all lies. " she shrugged me off.

"I'm sorry, Han. I know how important she is to you." Spencer offered, speaking for all of us when she said that.

"She was my friend when you guys weren't." she told us honestly

"Well we're here for you now and if you aren't going to this party than neither are we." Emily stated and I did a double take, wait I still wanted to go, free pampering.

"No you're going on that scavenger hunt and I am too. 'A' might be playing games but I'm not."

"I'm so glad you said that." I breathed,rising my hand on her arm, extremely pleased, they stared at me like I had two heads.

"What I really want to go." the bell rang and we left for our classes.

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The next day after school we were getting ready for 'Camp Mona' We were going to stay at Spencer's and try come up with a plan to catch A. We lugged our stuff inside coming into a conversation between Melissa and Ian. She turned to us and saw what we had.

"You're going camping cute." she snipped.

"Careful Melissa, your bitchiness is showing." I grinned, knowing it would piss her off. she went to go upstairs.

"Melissa, Melissa wait." she stopped and the talked as I put my stuff down. Melissa sighed and looked at Ian.

"Coffee, that's it." she grabbed her purse and left. Ian gave Spencer a grateful look and followed the bitch out.

"Since when did you start mending Melissa's relationships?" Aria wondered.

"I kind of owe it to her." Spence replied going back over.

"What did she ever do for you?" Emily shrugged

"It's more about what I did to her." I raised an eyebrow "I'm the reason she and wren broke up." I sighed

"Spencer, Spencer, Spencer. First lesson about having a moment with a guy you probably shouldn't be with is...don't get caught." I slapped my hands on her shoulder

"Erica, that isn't helpful." Aria laughed slightly

"Oh was I supposed to be helpful, Oops." I turned on my heel "Besides it's the truth, so this Wren was he a good kisser?" I grabbed an apple

"Erica!" they all chimed and I shrugged

"So you kissed Wren, it was one guy once. You're a teen you're around to make mistakes, duh." I rolled my eyes bitting into the apple and munching.

"yeah, not exactly. Melissa doesn't know this but I also had a moment with Ian." she admitted

"Shut up." Hanna and I muttered

"Spencer Hasting you dark horse." I shoved her lightly.

"It's not a good thing Erica. It was early in the summer, before Alison went missing. It was just one kiss but after they broke up, we started seeing each other. I feel like a poster child for poor judgement." she looked downcast.

"You could have told us Spencer." Emily replied

"I for one I'm not judging, I'm actually quite astonished and a little proud that you can seduce the older man, even if I am disgusted its with Ian. Wait is this Wren cute." I stood up straighter, this was something I needed to know like right this second.

"You have a boyfriend." Hanna stated to me.

"Who is older." Aria continued

"When are you going to tell us who he is?" Spencer wondered

"When I'm ready, besides we're talking about you not me. Emily is right though, you could have told us." I changed the subject back to her.

"Really cause Ali saw and she thought it was awful." Spencer admitted to us.

"We're not Ali." Aria stated

"Yeah, not to speak ill of the dead but were all more awesome and understanding, than she was." I wrapped my arm around her.

"I shouldn't tell Melissa right?" we all looked at her

"Right." we all agreed in unison. Melissa was a bitch at the best of times and something tells me she would be murderous if she found out this was a reassuring thing. That every boyfriend she brought home found her teenage sister more attractive. Ouch!

"Spence turn the tv up." Hanna pointed and we turned, Ali was on the news and it was talking about how her family home was searched today. Police had issued a warrant out for Toby.

"The sweater was Toby's" I muttered now realising where I had seen it. How could I have forgotten that major detail

" No way she was dating Toby. No way that's the guy on the video." I felt more tears rise and fall.

"You heard the news they have proof." Hanna pointed to the screen that Had Toby's picture on it.

"If it's Toby's sweater, then he has to be the guy at the kissing rock." Spencer stated

"This is wrong it's all wrong. Toby didn't do this, he couldn't" I shake my head.

"Erica." I looked at them

"He's innocent, he didn't kill Alison." I insisted. "He wasn't dating her and he didn't kill her." I ran out of the house.

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I sat on the swings at the park, where Jason and I would meet. I refused to believe that Toby hurt Ali in anyway. He wasn't like that. The police had got it wrong or someone was framing him.

"Rica." I looked up.

"Jason?" I wiped away my tears and ran to hug him.

"You've seen the news?" he asked me and I nodded, then pulled away.

"They're lying Jason, Toby couldn't hurt a fly." he sighed and sat us down on the swings.

"They found blood on a jumper that belonged to him." Jase stated what he had either been told or had just simply heard from wherever.

"That doesn't mean anything, there is more to this and I know it. Jase I know Toby, granted a for a while we slowly drifted apart, but he's not a killer." I instead, why won't anyone believe me?

"Erica, you need to accept it." I glared at him

"I don't need to accept shit. He didn't do this." I stood up "I am sick and tired of no one believing me. Toby is innocent." I stormed off 

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I went back home to grab my bag for Camp Mona, luckily I didn't run into anyone. I was in need of spa treatment and I was actually looking forward to Mona being Mona, because everyone would be focused on her and not the lies that were being spread. I got back in my car and drove to the woods, when i came to a stop. I went to gab my bag when I looked in the rear view I jumped.

"I want to finish what I started telling you at homecoming."

"Toby." I looked back then got out of the car he did as well. I launched to give him the biggest hug i could muster.

"You're okay. You have no idea how relieved I am to see you right now and how sorry I am about homecoming, I over reacted, I should have listened to you and I'm so so so sorry." I rushed out.

"You don't hate me?" he asked

"Hate you? I hate myself for not trusting my gut. I know you wouldn't hurt me." i looked around and pulled him further into the woods.

"The others told me about you and Jenna, they said what you were doing to her but I don't believe it." I vowed as we came to a stop further enough from the road.

"I can explain." I sat down and tapped the ground next to me. He sat down as well.

"September first is the day I ended it with Jenna. I felt terrible about what we were doing, but I didn't know how to stop it." He confessed to me, my heartbroken for

"Toby." I breathed

"Jenna told me that she would tell people i forced myself on her. She didn't want it to stop." he continued on and my fury for Jenna grew more.

"Jenna wanted to be with you?" I asked

"Jenna was in love with me, she's still in love with me." I gritted my teeth

"That bitch. I will end her." I growl going to stand up but he pulled me back down, not finished with his explanation.

"Erica please." he pleaded with me once he stopped me from leaving.

"Sorry, continue." I replied.

"I asked Alison to meet me so I could tell her that she did me a favour. She got me away from Jenna." he carried on explaining what happened that night.

"But why was she wearing your sweater and why did you go to the kissing rock?" I asked, I had so many questions that he needed to answer.

"We didn't go anywhere. We met right outside Spencer's barn. I gave her my sweater because it was cold, when I left she was getting into a car with some guy still wearing my sweater and very much alive."

"You have to tell the police what you just told me." I insisted, people them especially had to know the truth that he didn't do it.

"You see how it looks, they've already decided I'm guilty." he looked down, I pulled his face back up with my finger.

"But you're not. I know you're not. Tobs at homecoming I made the decision to not listen to you and you went missing for weeks. I can't loose you again. I will go with you and we'll tell them, make them listen." I was set in my mission.

"Erica, I only came back to say goodbye."

"Back from where?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"I spent a year in reform school. I've got friends in all the wrong places. And misery loves company." he informed me

"You can't keep running."

"I need to get as far away from here as I can now."

"But your innocent." I retorted he smiled at me softly and tucked a stray lock of my hair behind my ear.

"As long as you know that's all that matters. Look, I left my stuff behind the church. if there is anyway that you can come, my ride won't be there until midnight." he stood up, then offered his hand to me and I took it.

"Wait, I still have so many questions, like why did you cover for us with the fire?" he chuckled

"isn't it obvious?" I shook my head

"Alison told me that if I didn't cover, she'd tell you my secret, and I knew that if she told you it would be full of lies."

"That doesn't make sense." he sighed

"You are the one person that no matter what I do, or how much crap people say about me, you'd never believe it. I know we didn't talk much for ages but you still gave me hope. In my room a had a bunch of pictures of us that reminded that no matter how bad things got you were there. Alison called it a shrine and that paired with the Jenna thing, she would have tried to turn you against me." he informed me, god Ali was a sociopath,and a bitch, she isolated us.

"But you know I wouldn't have believed it. You said so yourself."

"I couldn't risk it." he went to leave.

"If you tell your friends you know they'll tell the cops" was the last thing he said before he left. I was about to head to my car when i heard a twig snap.

"Toby is that you?"

"No it's me...and we need to talk." I stared at Emily.

"You met with Toby." I folded my arms.

"No I didn't, I just got lost trying to find the party." I lied. I walked past her and went back to my car.

"You're lying I heard you talk with him." she followed me as I continued to deny the truth. I wouldn't let Toby down again, even if that meant going against my other friends and the world to protect him.

"Emily, your seeing things. Now I am going to enjoy the rest of this day despite having a crappy start." I grabbed my bag out of my car then locked it. I headed inside to be greeted by Mona.

"Welcome, welcome."

"Hey Mona." I handed her a present.

"Bit small isn't it." she commented.

"Well sometimes the best things come in small packages and it's no refundable." She shrugged and handed the present off then hand be a bag.

"Swag." I looked down at the Camp Mona clothing.

"glamorous. I must say Mona you certainly know how to throw a party." I complimented

"Thank you, so the tour. Massage bar, blow bar, mani-pedi bar and mini bar."

"Cool, where can I get changed." She pointed to a tent I thanked and went to change. I came out and went to find somewhere to drop off my things. I found Emily, Spencer and Aria talking. The stopped and looked at me.

"Erica, where have you been. Emily told us Toby cornered you." I scowled at Emily

"I just came to drop of my stuff." i did and turned to walk away.

"Erica wait." Aria pulled my arm

"get off. I'm not doing this today. Leave me alone Aria." I went to leave.

"A want us to catch her."

"A can kiss my ass, I have bigger problems." i stormed off, to actually enjoy myself. Then I would leave to see Toby before he went. I went to get a massage, it was nice and relaxing, when I came out. I then went to have a mani- pedi.

"Erica, we need to talk with you." I heard Spencer.

"Go away. I'm busy." I told her blowing on my nails I looked at the nail tech. "What his colour again?"

"Cocoa." she told me.

"Nice."

"Now Erica." I turned my attention to and annoyed Spencer. I smiled and the other woman.

"Thank you." I stood up and went to her

"I know your hurting and your mad at us, but you're in this too, we need to find A." Spencer insisted. I rubbed my temples as i felt a migraine coming on.

"Just one afternoon, that's all I was asking for. Just one free A afternoon. Neither you or her can give me that?" Spencer folded her arms.

"Fine what does the bitch want." She took me over to Emily and Aria who had just finished getting their hair done. I started laughing they looked ridiculous.

"Shut up." Aria glared at us

"What happens if you touch it." she poked Emily's hair. They rolled their eyes.

"Did you find anything." Spencer gestured to a quite area and she pulled out a pouch. then a bracelet that was like our friendship ones with Ali's. Except it said Jenna.

"Is Jenna trying to tell us she's A?" Emily wondered

"i don't think so check this out." she then took out a note

"You're in the dark as Jenna, looking for me in all the wrong places." i read out

"Well if this is the wrong place then what's the right place?" Aria wondered i shrugged

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Later I snuck off to go meet Toby. I pulled up a block away, and walked.

"Toby." I whispered/yelled "Toby!"

"Erica." I swung round to see him. I grinned and gave him a hug.

"I haven't got long the girls will miss me, you need to find somewhere different to hold up. Emily saw us in the woods. Then she told the others." He shrugged off my comment.

"It's okay, my ride said he was coming earlier."

"You'll be safe won't you?" he smiled

"Of course." I nodded and gave him another hug.

"When you're settle somewhere tell me okay, I don't care how." He nodded agreeing to what I asked of him.

"Thank you for coming."

"Of course." I left and went back. I had looked around the camp when my phone buzzed it was a message from Hanna.

"I know who A is. Heading to the parking lot." I made my way back and met up with Aria, Spencer and Emily. We saw Hanna and she was coming over when A car switched on its headlights.

"Hanna, look out." I screamed but it was too late the car ran her over and sped off.

"Hanna!" we yelled running over I checked her pulse.

"Call 911 now. She's not breathing." I started chest compressions. None of them moved

"Now!" I yelled. Spencer did, the others shouted for help.